GOP has good chance of scoring Trump and Senate upsets in Minnesota

Washington Examiner ^ | 09/17/2020 | Salena Zito

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

The race for the Senate is real in Minnesota.

Former Rep. Jason Lewis, who lost his suburban House seat in the Democratic wave election cycle of 2018, has returned, this time for a Senate seat in Minnesota, challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Tina Smith. “When I started thinking about 2020, I knew 2018 was an outlier," Lewis told the Washington Examiner. "Those blue-collar Democrats, the working men and women who built this state and this country that helped almost give President Trump a victory here in 2016, did not vote with the same enthusiasm that they did in 2016." Lewis explained his reasoning for running for the Senate seat. “I decided that those forgotten voters needed to hear what a conservative in the Senate would mean for them, that they had someone in Washington that has their family's and community's backs, someone who understood their issues firsthand and would go to bat for them for those issues."

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Salena is good, although I think that she may be a bit overly optimistic here, although I hope not. It is possible that this seat could go Republican, but it might have to accompany a nationwide groundswell to do so. But, even if we could only keep it close, it might cause Democrats to have to spend funds here that they couldn’t spend elsewhere. With incumbent Republican Senators in close battles in Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, and possibly even South Carolina, it would be good to make the Democrats divert some of their funding to Minnesota. We are looking good as far as unseating a Democratic Senator in Alabama, but it is beginning to look interesting in Michigan as well. Causing the Democrats to defend Minnesota could conceivably result in a Republican victory in Michigan, even if we lose Minnesota.

[shelterguy]

Minnesota looks better than it ever has. I’m just a few miles west of occupied territory of Minneapolistn. I was out in the American part of the state today and Trump signs were everywhere. Nobody was wearing masks and life was going on as usual.

[HamiltonJay]

I’ve said this for a long time, and I stand by it...

Trump will win every state he took in 16.

Trump will win most if not all states he lost by 5 or less points.

He will take his campaign right into states he lost by 5-10 points and don’t be to surprised if he manages to pick off a few of those

The only prayer Dems have is massive mail in voter fraud..

[Gay State Conservative]

IIRC Trump lost MN narrowly in ‘16. Can anyone think of other states that he lost narrowly? Yah,I’m too lazy to check. I know NH was close but that’s only 4 EVs.

[dixie1202]

Only 2 EV but Maine at large was close. So was Nevada.

[Gay State Conservative]

Nevada was close? Interesting. IIRC Nevada has one of the worst unemployment rates right now. Don't know how that would motivate voters.

[Gay State Conservative]

BTW...Maine had a good GOP Governor in ‘16 now they have a filthy Rat Party Governor.That surely wouldn't help the President.

[TheConservativeTejano]

I’ve said this for a long time, and I stand by it... Trump will win every state he took in 16. Trump will win most if not all states he lost by 5 or less points. He will take his campaign right into states he lost by 5-10 points and don’t be to surprised if he manages to pick off a few of those The only prayer Dems have is massive mail in voter fraud..

Partner, it looks like President Trump has already got almost 40% of the Democrat vote and turn out the lights the party is over for the Democratic party.

The democrats will not know what hit them.

[Republican Wildcat]

Tina Smith voted against banning “aborting” a child that survives an abortion and is fully outside the mother - saying it is a decision between the mother and the doctor. Repeat - she said that about a baby that is already OUTSIDE the mother’s body.

Does anywhere near a majority of voters in Minnesota support infanticide? If the population at large in that state knows about that vote - it should be over for her. This race is winnable.

Same as in Michigan - that Senator also voted against banning infanticide...and a number of other states as well.

Why this is not being made an issue is beyond me.

[pawpawrick]

Doubt it will happen. Some hack judge will follow the one in Michigan and give the democrats two weeks after the election to harvest enough ballots to steal the state.

[FLT-bird]

A senate pickup would be huge as wouldTrump flipping Minnesota.

[fortheDeclaration]

Agreed, and if he wins that many states, they can’t steal the election. With Ginsburg’s death, Trump’s base will be super motivated to vote for him.

[Fireone]

Trump will win Minnesota, and Jason Lewis will defeat Tina Smith.

[Professional]

If Minnesota is in play, this election isn’t even close.

We all fear fraud, but not the election